Jeremiah 10
1 Hear ye the word which the Lord hath spoken concerning you, O house of Israel:
Ta thikĩrĩriai mũigue ũhoro ũrĩa Jehova ekũmwĩra, inyuĩ andũ a nyũmba ya Isiraeli.
2 Thus hath said the Lord, Do not habituate yourselves on the way of the nations, and at the signs of the heavens be ye not dismayed; although the nations should be dismayed at them.
Jehova ekuuga atĩrĩ: “Tigai kwĩruta mĩthiĩre ya ndũrĩrĩ, kana mũguoyohio nĩ morirũ ma kũũrĩa igũrũ, o na gũtuĩka ndũrĩrĩ icio nĩiguoyohetio nĩmo.
3 For the statutes of these people concern what is vanity; for it is but a tree which a man hath cut out of a forest, the work of the hands of the workman, with the axe.
Nĩgũkorwo mĩtugo ya andũ acio ndĩrĩ kĩene: matemaga mũtĩ mũtitũ, ũkarutĩrwo wĩra nĩ bundi, akawacũhia na ithanwa rĩake.
4 With silver and with gold do they ornament it; with nails and with hammers do they fasten it, that it move not from its place.
Maũgemagia na betha na thahabu; maũhũũragĩrĩra na mĩcumarĩ na nyondo ndũkae kwenyenya.
5 As a wrought-out palm-like column are they, and cannot speak; they must needs be borne, because they cannot step along. Be not afraid of them; for they cannot do any harm, so also to do any good is not in them.
Ũtariĩ ta kĩndũ gĩa kũhahũra nyamũ gĩthecereirwo mũtĩ mũgũnda-inĩ wa marenge, mĩhianano yao ndĩngĩhota kwaria; ningĩ no nginya ĩkuuo, tondũ ndĩngĩhota gwĩtwara. Mũtikanamĩĩtigĩre; ndĩngĩhota gwĩka ũũru o na kana gwĩka wega o na ũrĩkũ.”
6 Forasmuch as there is none like unto thee, O Lord: thou [alone] art great, and great is thy name in might.
Atĩrĩrĩ, gũtirĩ ũngĩ ũtariĩ tawe, Wee Jehova; Wee ũrĩ mũnene, narĩo rĩĩtwa rĩaku nĩ rĩrĩ ũhoti mũnene.
7 Who would not fear thee, O King of the nations? for to thee doth it appertain; because among all the wise men of the nations, and in all their kingdoms, [they say] there is none like unto thee.
Nũũ ũtangĩgwĩtigĩra, Wee mũthamaki wa ndũrĩrĩ? Wee nowe wagĩrĩire gwĩtigĩrwo. Thĩinĩ wa andũ arĩa othe oogĩ a ndũrĩrĩ, o na mothamaki-inĩ mao mothe, gũtirĩ ũngĩ ũhaana tawe.
8 But at once shall they be shown to be brutish and foolish: it is a doctrine of vanities, it concerneth but wood.
Acio othe-rĩ, matiĩciiragia, no nĩ akĩĩgu; mataaragwo nĩ mĩhianano ĩtarĩ kĩene o ĩrĩa ĩthondeketwo na mĩtĩ.
9 The beaten out silver is brought from Tharshish, and gold from Uphaz, the work of the workman, and of the hands of the goldsmith: blue and purple is their clothing; the work of skilful men are they all.
Ĩgemagio na betha ĩrĩa hũũre ĩrutĩtwo Tarishishi, na thahabu ĩrutĩtwo Ufazu. Kĩndũ kĩu gĩthondeketwo na moko ma bundi, na ma mũturi wa thahabu gĩcookaga gĩkahumbĩrwo na rangi wa bururu na wa ndathi, ciothe ithondeketwo nĩ andũ arĩa oogĩ na wĩra ũcio.
10 But the Lord God is the truth, he is the living God, and the everlasting king: at his wrath the earth shall quake, and nations cannot endure his indignation.
No Jehova nĩwe Ngai ũrĩa wa ma; nĩwe Ngai ũrĩa ũrĩ muoyo, o na mũthamaki ũrĩa ũtũũraga tene na tene. Rĩrĩa arakarĩte-rĩ, thĩ nĩĩthingithaga, nacio ndũrĩrĩ itingĩĩtiiria mangʼũrĩ make.
11 Thus shall ye say unto them, The gods that have not made the heavens and the earth, shall perish away from the earth, and from under these heavens.
“Meerei atĩrĩ, ‘Ngai icio itoombire igũrũ na thĩ, nĩigathira gũkũ thĩ, na ithire kũrĩa guothe gũtambũrũkĩirio matu mairũ.’”
12 He made the earth by his power, he established the world by his wisdom, and by his understanding he stretched out the heavens.
No rĩrĩ, nĩ Ngai wombire thĩ na hinya wake; akĩhaanda thĩ na ũũgĩ wake, na agĩtambũrũkia matu mairũ na ũndũ wa ũmenyo wake.
13 At the sound when he giveth a multitude of waters in the heavens, and causeth clouds to ascend from the ends of the earth; when he maketh lightnings with rain, and bringeth forth the wind out of his treasures:
Hĩndĩ ĩrĩa we agũũthũka-rĩ, maaĩ marĩa marĩ igũrũ matu-inĩ nĩmarurumaga; nĩwe ũtũmaga thaatũ waambate na igũrũ uumĩte ituri ciothe cia thĩ. Atũmaga rũheni rũũke rũrehanĩte na mbura, na akarehithia rũhuho ruumĩte makũmbĩ-inĩ make.
14 Then standeth every man as brutish without knowledge; ashamed is every goldsmith because of the graven image; for falsehood is his molten work, and there is no breath therein.
Andũ othe nĩmagĩte meciiria na makaaga ũũgĩ; nake mũturi wa thahabu o wothe nĩaconorithĩtio nĩ mĩhianano ĩyo yake. Nĩ ũndũ mĩhianano ĩyo yake ya gwĩturĩra nĩ ya maheeni; ndĩrĩ mĩhũmũ thĩinĩ wayo.
15 They are vanity, the work of deception; in the time of their punishment shall they vanish.
Ndĩrĩ kĩene, nĩ ya kũnyararwo; narĩo ihinda rĩayo rĩa gũciirithio rĩakinya-rĩ, nĩĩgathira biũ.
16 Not like these is the portion of Jacob; for he is the former of all things; and Israel is the tribe of his inheritance: The Lord of hosts is his name.
We ũcio Rũgai rwa Jakubu ndatariĩ tayo, nĩgũkorwo nĩwe Mũũmbi wa indo ciothe, o hamwe na Isiraeli mũhĩrĩga ũrĩa, eegwatĩire ũtuĩke igai rĩake, Jehova Mwene-Hinya-Wothe, nĩrĩo rĩĩtwa rĩake.
17 Gather up thy wares from the ground, O inhabitress of the beleaguered city.
Ohai mĩrigo yanyu mũthaame bũrũri ũyũ, inyuĩ arĩa mũtũũrĩte mũrigiicĩirio nĩ thũ.
18 For thus hath said the Lord, Behold, I will cast forth as with a sling the inhabitants of the land at this time, and I will enclose them, in order that they may find them.
Nĩgũkorwo Jehova ekuuga atĩrĩ: “Ihinda rĩĩrĩ nĩrĩo ngũikia andũ arĩa othe matũũraga bũrũri ũyũ ta maikĩtio na kĩgũtha; Nĩngũmarehithĩria mĩnyamaro, nĩgeetha manyiitwo mĩgwate.”
19 Woe is me for my breach! my wound is painful; but I thought, This is but pain, and I shall be able to bear it.
Wũi-ĩiya-wakwa, nĩ ũndũ wa itihia rĩrĩa ndiihĩtio-ĩ! Ironda ciakwa itingĩhona! No ngĩĩcookeria ũhoro ngiuga atĩrĩ, “Ũyũ nĩ mũrimũ wakwa, na no nginya ndĩũkirĩrĩrie.”
20 [But now] my tent is laid waste, and all my cords are torn asunder; my children are gone away from me, and they are not [here]; there is no one to stretch forth my tent any more, and to set up my curtains.
Hema yakwa nĩyanangĩtwo, nayo mĩkanda yayo yothe ĩgatuĩkanga. Ariũ akwa nĩmanjehereire magethiĩra na rĩu matikĩrĩ ho; rĩu gũtirĩ mũndũ mũtigaru wa kwamba hema yakwa, o na kana wa gũtambũrũkia mataama mayo.
21 For the shepherds were brutish, and the Lord had they not sought; therefore have they not prospered, and all their flocks are scattered.
Arĩithi matiĩciiragia, na matituĩragia ũhoro harĩ Jehova; nĩ ũndũ ũcio matigaacagĩra, nacio ndũũru ciao ciothe cia mbũri nĩihurunjũkĩte.
22 Behold, the noise of the report is come, and a great commotion out of the north country, to render the cities of Judah desolate, a dwelling for monsters.
Ta thikĩrĩriai! Nĩtũrakinyĩrio ũhoro, tũkeerwo atĩrĩ, kũrĩ na gacagaca nene kuuma bũrũri wa mwena wa gathigathini! Gacagaca ĩyo nĩĩgatũma matũũra ma Juda makire ihooru, ĩtũme matuĩke ma gũtũũragwo nĩ mbwe.
23 I know, O Lord, that the way of man is not in his own power: it is not in man that passeth away to direct his own steps.
Atĩrĩrĩ Wee Jehova, nĩnjũũĩ atĩ muoyo wa mũndũ ti wake we mwene; mũndũ we mwene ti we ũrũngagĩrĩria makinya make.
24 Correct me, O Lord, but with justice; not in thy anger, lest thou bring me to nothing.
Atĩrĩrĩ Wee Jehova, herithia, no ũherithie na kĩhooto; ndũkaherithie ũrĩ na marakara, ndũkae kũniina nduĩke kĩndũ hatarĩ.
25 Pour out thy fury over the nations that know thee not, and over the families that have not called on thy name; for they have eaten up Jacob, and devoured him, and consumed him, and have made his dwelling desolate.
Itũrũrĩra ndũrĩrĩ iria itakũũĩ mangʼũrĩ maku, ũmaitũrũrĩre andũ arĩa matakayagĩra rĩĩtwa rĩaku. Nĩ ũndũ-rĩ, nĩmahukĩtie Jakubu; mamũhukĩtie biũ, naguo bũrũri wake makawananga.
